Impact of the Affordable Care Act Donna Proctor Walden University NURS-6050N Section 1‚ Policy & Advocacy for Population Health October 2‚ 2014 Impact of the Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law by President Barack Obama early in 2010. The ACA was introduced into law to help provide access to affordable and quality health insurance to more Americans than ever before. The goal was to reduce health care cost for individuals and government. It has allowed more adults
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Student ACC/561 June 8‚ 2015 Professor Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Introduction The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) was established after many corporate scandals such as Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and AIG cost investors billions of dollars. Financial fallout from these scandals reduced the American public ’s trust in the economy. The enactment of SOX in 2002 holds corporations to higher standards in reporting financial statements to internal and external users. Even though the
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time periods. The two stories both have their pros and cons of the society that is being portrayed in the text. The pros of the societies in the stories are found more in “The Voter” than in “Tribal Scars”. This mainly has to do with the fact that the society in Achebe’s story was based in a more recent time which allowed for the society to be more far and democratic and this would be the most noticeable pro throughout the stories. Another pro for “The Voter” would be that almost all of the
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Pros and Cons of Economic Growth Fostering economic growth remains at the heart of any national government’s agenda. As such‚ governments have embraced numerous strategies aimed at promoting economic growth‚ such as forging alliances‚ signing business treaties‚ and becoming members to business alliances. Economic growth refers to an increase in a country’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or the value of the country’s national expenditure or output. While increasing economic growth has several
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PROS AND CONS English Comp 1 7/17/2014 Firearms‚ are they good‚ or are they a safety hazard to everyone in this world? Are they so dangerous that no one should be allowed to own them or are they so necessary that we can’t live without them? Are we to strict on the laws involving firearms? This argument has been going on for many years. Controversial‚ of course. Beneficial lifesaver‚ definitely. Easy to control‚ no way. Guns are useful. Every day‚ they are responsible for killing
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Exercise 2‚ page 27 a. I think women are better listeners than men. | Pro (yes‚ for‚ good) | Con (no‚ against‚ bad) | 1. Women are nurturing by nature. | 1. Tend to get too emotional. | 2. Like to listen and be supportive. | 2. Don’t see a problem in sharing your personal issues with others. | 3. Care to know all details and facts‚ no matter how long it takes. | 3. Will tend to feel they know it all. | 4. Will give advice based on personal experiences. | 4. Can often talk endlessly
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Supporters of it will say that people can now have access to affordable‚ high-quality health insurance through medicaid expansion‚ their employers‚ and the health insurance market. But the cons of that are to get the money to help insure all these people‚ there are new taxes. The taxes that may affect people directly are the individual mandate and the employer mandate. Another pro that people see are that Obamacare’s protections ensure that you can’t be dropped from coverage when you get sick
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In 2010‚ President Obama enacted the Affordable Care Act. It place health insurance reforms which makes health care more affordable. It allows people to be in charge of their healthcare. This act has benefits for women‚ young adults‚ seniors‚ businesses‚ and pretty much everyone. It has many benefits such as providing protection against Health Care fraud‚ holding insurance companies accountable‚ consumer protections‚ improving and lowering healthcare costs‚ and allowing easier access to health care
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Pros and Cons of the Death Penalty Pros 1. The Death Penalty allows families that have been suffering some closure. 2. Helps lessen the problem of overpopulated prisons. 3. Provides a deterrent for inmates already on Death Row. 4. Justice is better served. 5. Prisoner parole or escapes allows for another chance to kill. 6. Give a chance to prosecutors in bargaining in the plea bargain process. In the state of California there are too many liberals that make rules
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a 2003 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) study‚ only 69.5 percent of physicians surveyed were willing to accept new Medicaid patients‚ substantially fewer than the number willing to accept new privately insured patients (99.3 percent)‚ Medicare patients (95.9 percent)‚ and even the uninsured (92.8 percent).” More doctors are willing to treat patients who are uninsured over beneficiaries of medicaid. This illustrates the headache and level of difficulty that comes along with caring for
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